"L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" was composed by Jean-Paul Cara with French lyrics by Joe Gracy [fr] and was recorded by Marie Myriam.

[1] She recorded the song in five languages; French, English –as "The Bird and the Child"–, German –"Der Vogel und das Mädchen" with lyrics by Joe Gracy and H. von Schenckendorf–, Spanish –"El zagal y el ave azul"–, and her mother tongue Portuguese –"A ave e a infância"–.

[3] A promo video was released showing Myriam performing the song in an open-air atmosphere, in a section of the Square René Viviani in Paris.

This preview video is notable for the prominent presence of the gendarmes having to restrain the crowd, some of whom having climbed the noted "oldest tree in Paris" to catch a glimpse of the singer.

[6] In 2016, the UNICEF project Kids United covered the song in their second album Tout le bonheur du monde.